Politics

Frank Touby — “Customer service excellence” is the first item on rehabbed Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s 4-point program as he suits up to present himself as cured and ready for business. Indeed, he has shown signs of performing for his ...

VIDEO: The Sarah Thomson Campaign for Mayor of Toronto released a parody of the Ke$ha and Pitbull music video “Timber”: The revised lines (sung by Sarah Thomson and Kanye White) mirror Sarah’s commitment to taking transit underground with her Tunnel ...

Maureen Walsh — Is the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) above the law? Has the TCHC deliberately impeded the civil rights of the poor, the working poor and people with disabilities in the Downtown core and perhaps at the other ...

Blane McPhail — Premier Kathleen Wynne has ruled out residential construction – including condo development – as part of the Liberal plan to revitalize Ontario Place. Instead, a re-elected Liberal government would create a must-see all-season waterfront destination for residents ...

Craig Saunders — Fred Hahn says he’s sure Andrea Horwath didn’t mean to sound like other politicians, but worries that’s what voters might think when she says the government spends too much and when she promises to cut millions from ...

Craig Saunders — Education cuts proposed by PC leader Tim Hudak put students’ health and safety at risk, jeopardize student achievement and will effectively kill the full-day kindergarten program that has proven to be a boon to families across the ...

George Smitherman — Rob Ford cannot be taken lightly. No one knows that better than me. Lots of us were surprised by his 2010 victory. He fights hard. He fights dirty. And he fights with a well-financed campaign. I believe ...

Anshul Kapoor — Less than a month after Toronto City Council voted on the waterfront jet plans, the Toronto Port Authority (TPA) is undermining the framework for negotiations with its refusal to commit to passenger caps, recent letters between the ...

Sarah Park — The vast majority of CARP members disapprove of the provisions of the Fair Elections Act when they are described to them (80%), and fully two thirds disapprove “strongly” (63%). Furthermore, a similarly overwhelming number of members say ...

Ontario Health Coalition — In August 2013, a routine mandatory public notice posted on the government’s regulations website revealed that a change in the ownership and control of public hospital services in Ontario was being planned. The Ontario government was ...